Senior/Staff Software Engineer, C++

Design, implement, integrate, and support real-time, mission-critical software for Gatik’s autonomy stack

Build and evolve platform capabilities that enable perception and autonomy algorithms to run reliably and efficiently in production

Work with research engineers to translate algorithms and prototypes into maintainable, testable, production-quality software

Architect and implement solutions to complex integration challenges across sensors, perception components, compute platforms, and the broader autonomy stack

Optimize real-time software pipelines for latency, compute, memory usage, and system performance

Guide and mentor autonomy researchers and algorithm developers to ensure their components run efficiently with optimal compute and memory usage

Develop tools and frameworks for validation, benchmarking, debugging, and performance analysis of autonomy software

Collaborate with Infrastructure and DevOps teams for efficient, secure, and scalable software delivery to Gatik’s autonomous fleet

Conduct code and design reviews and help drive strong software architecture and SDLC practices

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field

Master’s or PhD preferred

7+ years of relevant industry experience in a production environment

Expert software development skills in C++ and experience with build systems such as Conan, CMake, or Bazel

Strong system integration and software architecture experience

Experience building real-time, high-performance software on embedded or compute-constrained systems

Experience building software platforms, frameworks, or infrastructure supporting perception, robotics, or other complex systems

Strong understanding of performance optimization, multithreading, memory management, and debugging

Experience with software development, testing, validation, and production deployment

Experience with perception systems, sensor processing, sensor fusion, 3D reconstruction, or tracking

Working knowledge of Planning and Prediction modules within an AV stack

Experience with ROS2 and PyTorch

Experience integrating and deploying AI/ML models

Experience with hardware/software integration and embedded compute platforms

Experience building benchmarking, simulation, or validation infrastructure

Salary Range - $180,000- $260,000

Founded in 2017 by experts in autonomous vehicle technology, Gatik has rapidly expanded its presence to Mountain View, Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas, and Toronto. As the first and only company to achieve fully driverless middle-mile commercial deliveries, Gatik holds a unique and defensible position in the AV industry, with a clear trajectory toward sustainable growth and profitability.

We have delivered complete, proprietary AV technology - an integration of software and hardware - to enable earlier successes for our clients in constrained Level 4 autonomy. By choosing the middle mile – with defined point-to-point delivery, we have simplified some of the more complex AV challenges, enabling us to achieve full autonomy ahead of competitors. Given extensive knowledge of Gatik’s well-defined, fixed route ODDs and hybrid architecture, we are able to hyper-optimize our models with exponentially less data, establish gate-keeping mechanisms to maintain explainability, and ensure continued safety of the system for unmanned operations.

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At Gatik, we connect people of extraordinary talent and experience to an opportunity to create a more resilient supply chain and contribute to our environment’s sustainability. We are diverse in our backgrounds and perspectives yet united by a bold vision and shared commitment to our values. Our culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect and agility.

We at Gatik strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that together we can do great things. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse team. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.